Re: [gpsd-users] Compiling gpsd from scratch

[Eric S. Raymond]

Greg Troxel <address@hidden>:
> At the very top of INSTALL, saying:
> 
>  The content that is normally in INSTALL is in build.txt.

Here is the current head of the file:

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= GPSD Installation Instructions =

Here are the steps for installing GPSD and verifying its performance.
They assume you have GPSD available as an installable binary package, 

Instructions for building GPSD from source (including cross-building)
are in the file "build.txt" in the source distribution.
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I can't say that I think moving lines 6-7 up 3 lines will make a
significant difference here.
 
> Or better yet, rearrange so that INSTALL describes what everyone expects
> it to: how to go from a release tarball to installed code, more or less.

There's a reason it's organized the way it is.  It's because "I can't
get my GPS to talk" is the most common n00b question I see.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>

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